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code yellowed adj. The state of being drunk and treating an absent ingredient as a bomb threat. Jasmine was code yellowed at breakfast, announcing the missing marmalade to the whole house. code-behinded adj. The condition of a drinker who separates the visible apology from the machinery producing it. Dellis arrived code-behinded, presenting a polished apology while its reasoning remained unavailable. code-mixinged adj. Softened by drink into merging separate tongues whenever the morning demands a simple answer. Takeyah arrived code-mixinged, switching languages halfway through an explanation of the empty fridge. code-switchered adj. Loosened by drink into changing languages whenever the conversation approaches last night's decisions. Cyanni was code-switchered over breakfast, moving languages each time the bill was mentioned. code-switchinged adj. Slowed by drink to alternating between languages with a pause long enough for breakfast to go cold. Deirra remained code-switchinged, taking several seconds to select each language for a simple apology. codeathonned adj. Drunk to the point where breakfast becomes an all-day collaborative project with no deliverable. Lynika woke codeathonned and proposed a team sprint to repair the toaster before lunch. codeballed adj. Drunk enough to kick each breakfast item from a marked position towards a bowl. Amelia-jo codeballed breakfast, kicking each item from a marked spot towards the bowl. codebased adj. Drunk beyond the point where the morning's many recollections can share a stable underlying structure. Feleica arrived codebased, carrying several incompatible versions of how the evening had ended. codeblocked adj. The state of being drunk and unable to proceed beyond the current instruction, particularly ‘collect coat’. Meldon became codeblocked at the cloakroom and repeatedly requested the same ticket. codebooked adj. Drunk in a way that maps each plain breakfast phrase to a private, increasingly elaborate equivalent. Mahboob was codebooked, consulting his phone before translating a request for water into plain speech. codebreakered adj. Drunk, with the result that yesterday's messages are being deciphered without the key they plainly require. Chalene arrived codebreakered, reconstructing the missing meaning of a message she had written herself. codebreakinged adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning is spent deciphering ordinary messages as though their keys had vanished. Marvion woke codebreakinged and spent twenty minutes decoding the word ‘toast’ from a shopping list. codebtored adj. A drinker so far gone that every debt appears jointly manageable, provided someone else signs. Priti became codebtored and offered to guarantee the entire bar tab for a stranger. codecarboxylased adj. The condition of a drinker who removes the essential part of every argument and calls the remainder decisive. Laqwanda grew codecarboxylased and deleted the crucial qualification from every proposal. codecked adj. The state of being drunk and treating every signal as something you can successfully translate. Grisell got codecked and attempted to decode the barman's raised eyebrow. codeclinationed adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes distance from the pole for a measure of personal importance. Natelee became codeclinationed and announced her polar distance as though it settled the dispute.